Colonel Charles Heywood

Colonel Charles Heywood the new commander of the marine corps, was born in Watorville, Maine, October 3, 1839 and entered the marine corps in 1858. He at once saw active service during the Staten Island quarantine riots. He then did duty in African waters ; at the outbreak of the civil war he was in the "Cumberland." He took part in many naval battles and was mentioned several times for his conspicuous bravery and was during that period promoted to be a lieutenant-colonel. He afterwards distinguished himself in the railway riots in Baltimore and Reading and in 1885 he was sent to South America, where he occupied the city of Panama, where American interests were threatened. There can be little doubt but that Colonel Heywood will, in hia new position, add new laurels to his fame.